Top five Premier League clashes between Liverpool and Man United

Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool – 2006

Rio Ferdinand scored a last-gasp winner as the Red Devils edged four points ahead of their rivals in the Premier League table. United looked edgy without the influence of the suspended Cristiano Ronaldo and were lucky not to go behind twice in the first-half through efforts from Djibril Cisse and Peter Crouch.

Sir Alex Ferguson’s side clung on until the final stages when Ferdinand leapt highest to meet Ryan Giggs’ delivery and cannon home a header past the beaten Pepe Reina. Gary Neville was later fined £10,000 for running the length of the pitch and celebrating in front of the Liverpool fans.

Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool – 2009

Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Fabio Aurelio and Andrea Dossena were all on the scoresheet as Liverpool relit their title ambitions in devastating fashion at Old Trafford.

Ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot before Torres and then a Gerrard penalty gave the Reds a 2-1 advantage going into half-time. That’s how it would stay until the 77^th minute. Nemanja Vidic was sent off for fouling Gerrard and Aurelio converted the subsequent free-kick. Dossena lobbed Edwin Van der Sar in stoppage time as Liverpool scored four away at United for the first time since 1944.

Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United – 2011

Dirk Kuyt scored a hat-trick as Liverpool blew the title race wide-open. The Dutchman combined brilliantly with Luis Suarez on three separate occasions to plunder his first Reds treble from a combined distance of five-yards out.

His first came on 34 minutes when he got on the end of Suarez’s cross to tap home from close range. It was two five minutes later when the forward capitalised on Nani’s mistake to prod in his second from two-yards out. And he wrapped things up midway through the second-half – jumping on Van der Sar’s mistake to make it 3-0.

Javier Hernandez pulled one back in stoppage time for the visitors, who saw their lead at the top remain at three points.

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